Improvement in coolers for water and bottled beverages



-L. DOLLE.

Cooler for Water a nd Bottle dBeverages.

No. 209,669. Y

Patented Nov, 5,1878;

I IFETERS, FHDTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, D c,

LORENZ DOLLE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN COOLERS FOR WATER AND BOTTLED BEVERAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,669, dated November5, 1878; application filed July 18, 1878. I

To all whom it mag concern:

Be .it known that I, LORENZ DOLLE, of Ba ltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Coolers for Water and Bottled Beverages, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of my cooler. Fig. 2 is a top view, partof the cover being broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan of the revolvingbottle-receptacle.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of coolers fordrinking-water and bottled beverages; and consists in averticalrevolving shaft projecting through the cover, and provided with ahandle, by means of which the bottle-receptacles are revolved, and anopening in the cover, which will admit one bottle at a time, or allowthe water to be replenishedthrough a vertical pipe arranged in theice-chamber, as hereinafter set forth.

A represents the outer case of the cooler,

which may be constructed in any approved manner, being lined with zincor galvanized iron. In the present example this case is octagonal inshape; but it may be round. It is provided with a cover, B, having aflange, B, which fits closelyto the case. An opening near the edge ismade in the cover sufficient only to admit a bottle of the sizeordinarily used for the liquor or beverage for which the cooler isdesigned, and is closed by a lid, a, hinged to the cover. In the centerof the bottom is secured a galvanized-iron bearing, I), in which turnsthe spindle of the upright shaft 0, the spindle on the upper end ofwhich projects through and turns in a hole in the center of the cover.To the projecting end is attached the handle 0, for convenience ofturnmg.

0 represents a circular perforated plate or frame of iron, fastened tothe upright shaft above thelower spindle, and forming the base or seatfor the sheetmetal ice-chamber and bottle-receptacle.

d is the circular-shaped ice-chamber surrounding the upright shaft. Thewalls of this chamber are as high as the top of case will permit, andthe bottom is perforated, as seen at e.

A pipe, f passes vertically from the top of the wall of ice-chamber downthrough the bottom, and its location is such (see Fig. 1) that thewater-chamber D,;formed in the bottom of the case, maybe replenished byraising the small lid a,'thus admitting a funnel to the pipe, throughwhich the water is poured. Around the ice-chamber, and resting on theiron base 0, are sheet-metal pockets or receptacles h, in which thebottles are placed.

A faucet, i, is placed in the side of the case at the bottom to draw offthe cold water, and handles 70 may be attached to the sides forconvenience of moving.

The clean ice is placed in the central chamber around the upright shaft.The bottles containing the beverage to be cooled are placed, one in eachpocket or receptacle. The water to be cooled is filled in through thevertical pipe, as already described. The water from the melting icepasses through the perforations to the water-receptacle below.

It is not essential that the bottles should be cleaned with extra care,as they occupy the water-tight pockets from which the ice and the .waterin the receptacle below intended for drinking purposes is'excluded, sothat as long as the water does not rise in the cooler high enough tooverflow the rim of the pockets it cannot be contaminated by anythingadhering to the outside of the'bottles.

The arrangement of the small lid and the vertical pipe is such that abottle may be with drawn or inserted without much exposing the ice tothe warm air of the apartment, and the drinking-water may be replenishedwithout coming in contact with the bottles.

By revolving the bottle-receptacle any particular bottle may be reachedwithout removing the cover.

I am aware that a device has been made in which the bottle-receptaclesand mm; are pivoted on a fixed or stationary standard, around which theyrevolve, and also that another device has been made in which a verticalfeedpipe is used for pumping the water into the ber secured to thevertical revolving shaft (3, which latter projects through the cover,and is provided on the end with the handle a, as set forth.

LORENZ DOLLE.

Witnesses:

LUDWIG WM. KROH, JOHN SIITTEL.

